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2025 Midyear Commencement honors new Mines graduates Dec. 19

Join Mines for 2025 Midyear Commencement featuring keynote speaker David Lawler ‘90 and two celebrations honoring our newest graduates

2025 Midyear Commencement honors new Mines graduates Dec. 19

Mission for ancient climate clues beneath 500m of Antarctic ice gets underway

Orediggers strike gold with first women’s club rugby national championship

ProtoFund-Powered: Student passion project envisions trencher for space mining

Judith Vidal PhD '09 named codirector of Nexus program

ProtoFund-Powered: Master's student – a former dentist – creates prototype for 3D facial scanner

Colorado School of Mines announces 2025 Alumni Award recipients

News Headlines

team shot of mines women's rugby team with championship banner

December 11, 2025

Orediggers strike gold with first women’s club rugby national championship

December 9, 2025

ProtoFund-Powered: Student passion project envisions trencher for space mining

December 8, 2025

ProtoFund-Powered: Master's student – a former dentist – creates prototype for 3D facial scanner

Mines Magazine

December 3, 2025

Lessons from a Mines alum’s path to leadership in a dynamic energy landscape

Elizabeth Holley testifies before select committee

December 1, 2025

U.S. policymakers turn to Mines for trusted expertise on critical minerals

November 26, 2025

Mines alum uses her aerospace career to give back and help inspire others

Videos

Chris Higgins stands in a field at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, leaning on a large white tank with two wooden planks on top. In the background are large machines and testing equipment, related to PFAS research.

PFAS research at Mines targets water contamination

Rendering of the future Mines–USGS Energy and Minerals Research Facility, showing a modern, multi-story building with large glass windows, elevated walkways, landscaped terraces, and people walking around the exterior plaza at sunset.

USGS and Mines forge new ground in critical minerals research with state-of-the-art facility

Two Colorado School of Mines students wearing safety vests, hard hats, and headlamps examine the rock ceiling inside the Edgar Experimental Mine using a mounted inspection camera. The underground setting is lit with work lights, revealing rough stone walls.

Colorado School of Mines is shaping the future of mining

Research

Mission for ancient climate clues beneath 500m of Antarctic ice gets underway

Judith Vidal PhD '09 named codirector of Nexus program

Walt Copan sits at witness stand with people taking notes behind him

Copan testifies before U.S. House committee on mineral and mining innovation

In The News

Mining waste in the US contains billions of dollars of precious metals

Elizabeth Holley, associate professor of mining engineering, is referenced regarding her August 21, 2025 Science Magazine article that documented the presence of critical minerals in the nation's mine waste.

December 13, 2025

Colorado School of Mines professor and students work on creating a new type of concrete

Lori Tunstall, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, discusses the environmental benefits of a new type of concrete that she's developed.

December 10, 2025

Exclusive: Chilean regulator, workers flagged risk at Teck's Quebrada Blanca dam

Rennie Kaunda, associate professor of mining engineering, said cracks and leaks can be red flags for dam stability, requiring consistent monitoring and identification of the root cause.

December 9, 2025

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